“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.”

— Epicurus · Happiness quote

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. — Epicurus quote card
Philosopher · 341 BC – 270 BC

Epicurus was a Greek philosopher who founded a school in Athens known as the Garden. He taught that pleasure, rightly understood as freedom from pain and fear, comes from friendship, simplicity and philosophy rather than luxury.

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